“Apple, which in January is expected to take the wraps off its slimmest and sleekest notebook in years, is reported to have placed orders for a new breed of 13.3-inch LED backlight units with production-ready quantities scheduled for delivery this month,” Katie Marsal reports for AppleInsider.
“[DigiTimes] sources disclosed that Nano-Op’s LED notebook BLU shipments in November were only about 10,000 units, but Apple orders are expected drive up shipments to over 90,000 units in December,” the report claims,” Marsal reports. “Of interest, DigiTimes notes that the component shipments to both Dell and Apple are ‘for high-end models,’ reinforcing assumptions that the Mac maker’s upcoming streamlined notebook will fall somewhere between its existing 13-inch consumer MacBooks and its 15- and 17-inch professional MacBook Pro models.”
“Apple is expected to use a keynote presentation by chief executive Steve Jobs on January 15th to introduce its new 13.3-inch notebook,” Marsal reports.
Pat – I have a 12″ G4 and I like it fine (although the contrast between it and my brand new iMac 24″ is mindblowing
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”wink” style=”border:0;” /> ). But the 12″ G4 display is very squarish. If the new display uses a widescreen-type aspect ratio, then you might very well have less screen area on a 13.3″ than the old 12″ G4 display.
Of course, there is nothing sacred about the screen area on a 12″ G4. I am just familiar with it and I’m not sure that I would want to get a whole lot smaller… But with Apple’s push towards higher resolution LCDs, I might be willing to change my mind.
Hopefully they make it GLOSSY too.
Blah, I’m so sick of them. Glossy screen is a fad.
As many on this thread have stated, the overriding opinion is this is nothing more than an upgrade of Macbooks to LED screens. Where would this ultraportable fit in with Apple’s marketing scheme? If it was touchscreen technology (wishful thinking folks) then maybe we have a winner, but I think that’s at least a year away.
Maybe as some have said, a 13.3″ MBP?
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13″ is too big. 11″ widescreen with no optical drive weighing sub – 3lbs…..that’s what i’m talking about!